Frugal Fancy-Pants or Bust: Early December

If you've noticed a deterioration in quality of Frugal Fancy-pants snapshots over the years, you're not alone. I've noticed it, too.  

I simply don't care enough, but this post proves that I've reached an all-time low. 

EXHIBIT A:

Wear this outfit to fold the laundry in your immaculate living room. (What?! YOU don't have rolls of toilet paper** that appear all over your house? Weirdo.)


**Something funny: I just realized it's actually a can of beans. I assume, sometimes wrongly, that any cylindrical object is a roll of toilet paper because we DO have rolls of toilet paper that appear all over our house. Also, apparently, cans of beans.

Jeans: dime at a rummage sale

Black shirt: nickel at a rummage sale

Sweatshirt: dime at a rummage sale

Slippers: borrowed from Millie because I haven't found myself a cheap enough pair yet.

Optional accessories: 

-Children. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

They complete the look like nothing else.

-Detritus. All over the floor.

Total cost of outfit: about a quarter

EXHIBIT B: 

Wear this outfit to church. Admire the skirt. Ask Millie to take a quick picture in spite of the terrible lighting. (Forget to lock the children up first.)

Blouse: dime at a rummage sale

Skirt: either a hand-me-down or dime at a rummage sale (I can't recall)

Gray heels: Those ones from Target clearance for under $3.

Blue bead earrings: nickel at a rummage sale

Optional accessories: Children + balloons.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Really, I can't overstate that one.

Total cost of outfit: about $3.00.

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